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Shohail Ibne Mahbub (XTR)
I'm an avid Bangla music album collector in this hobby since 2012. Having grown up in the "Underground" era of Bangla band music, I took the initiative to archive and upload album artworks. Till now, I've been recognised and acknowledged by various artists, bands, streaming and label companies for my work on Bangla CD Covers. There's a high chance most artwork you see floating around the internet are scanned by me!

Bondho Janala by Shironamhin

"Bondho Janala" is the third studio album by Shironamhin. Released on April 13 of 2009 from G-Series, the album was paramount in making the band be deemed as a psychedelic rock band. This was a challenging step direction for the band, but they were successful in mastering the lyrics, as well as incorporate and explore many classical acoustic instruments that included esraj, silver flute, trumpet as the album was enriched with vivid orchestration - something that was unique to Shironamhin at the time of release. Accompanying the "Urban Life" influence in the lyrics were various historical events or movements including the 1952 State Language Movement. The album spurred great hits like "Bondho Janala", "Bhalobasha Megh", "Bullet Kingba Kobitay", "Eka", "Bus Stoppage", "Bangladesh" etc.

Urban Life influences comprised of stories portraying bus stops, newspaper stand, billboards displaying contest winner beauties, the hawkers, the little girl selling flowers in the street who could touch the glasses of the cars but couldn’t touch the hearts inside or the corporate guy completely missing the enormous sky full of stars above his head while distressed with selling his dreams every now and then for the agony of life.

The lineup of "Bondho Janala" consisted of:

Zia: Bass, Rainmaker
Tuhin: Vocals
Shafin: Drums
Tushar: Guitar and Keys, Banjo
Rajib: Keyboards

Guest appearances were made by:
Rahul Anondo: Silver Flute
Ekram, Moumon: Esraj
Sunil da: Violin
Madhob da: Trumpet
Khitish da: Coronet
Andrew Morris: Saxophone
Shahid, Jubair: Flute
Farhan: Sarod
Simin, Rajib, Dola, Adit: Choir
Shafin: Bodhran
Moumon: Mondo Mofa Head

Bondho Janala can be streamed and downloaded for free on Shironamhin's official website here: http://shironamhin.net/album/bondho-janala/
The album can be streamed legally from the GAAN app available for both Android and iOS.

Official Music Videos of this album on Shironamhin's official YouTube Page:

Bondho Janala: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NbPRseRQlw
Bullet Kingba Kobitay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrlyRiRBzWg
Shuprobhath: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx_mAOrxzdQ

Track List:
01. Bondho Janala
02. Bhalobasha Megh
03. Bullet Kingba Kobitay
04. Shurjo
05. Eka
06. Shohosha Deep
07. Bus Stoppage
08. Shuprobhath
09. Porichoy
10. Bangladesh


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Artwork
Front
Back
Lyrics-1
Lyrics-2
Inlay [Front]
Inlay [Back]

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